Andrew W. Cook, 50, of 1791 Berry Road, LaFayette, was pronounced dead when he arrived at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, state police said.

Cook was driving a 2004 Kawasaki Vulcan south on Berry Road at 10:24 a.m. when a northbound car turned into a driveway in front of him at 1373 Berry Road, said state police Sgt. Susan Lockyer. Cook was thrown about 20 feet down a driveway and was unconscious and not breathing when rescue workers arrived, state police said.

Troopers performed CPR and used an automated external defibrillator, or AED, until paramedics arrived, but Cook never regained consciousness, Lockyer said. A medical helicopter was called to the scene, but canceled. Tully Ambulance took Cook to the hospital.

LaFayette Ambulance took the driver of the car, Traci L. Rekik, 30, of 1417 Clark Hollow Road, Fabius, to Upstate University Hospital with minor injuries. Her 5-year-old daughter was wearing a seatbelt in the front seat, but she was not property restrained in a child seat, state police said. The girl was not injured, Lockyer said.

View full sizeStephen D. Cannerelli / The Post-StandardNew York State Troopers Douglas Burdick and Richard Ellis investigate a car-motorcycle crash Sunday on Berry Road in the town of Fabius. The motorcyclist, Andrew Cook, 50, was pronounced dead at Upstate University Hospital. The driver of the car was treated at the hospital for minor injuries.

Rekik was turning her black 1995 Toyota Corolla into the driveway of her parents, John and Cynthia Smirco, when the crash happened, state police said. The speed limit on that stretch of the road is 55 mph, Lockyer said.

“She was in shock,” Lockyer said of Rekik.

Apulia, Fabius and Pompey Hill volunteer firefighters assisted at the scene. Firefighters also detoured traffic at the two closest intersections, Clark Hollow Road and Stebbins Road, for more than an hour Sunday. The intersections were later opened, but state police remained on the scene for several more hours.

Rekik was issued traffic tickets, charging her with failing to yield right of way and for improper child restraint. She must answer the traffic tickets at a later date in Fabius Town Court, state police said.